United States v. Jones, 132 S.Ct. 945 (2012), was a United States Supreme Court
case which held that installing a Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking device
on a vehicle and using the device to monitor the vehicle's movements constitutes
a search under the Fourth Amendment. In 2004 defendant Jones was ...

U.S. Supreme Court. American Automobile Ass'n v. United States, 367 U.S. 687 (
1961). American Automobile Association v. United States. No. 288. Argued April
17, 1961. Decided June 19, 1961. 367 U.S. 687. Syllabus. Petitioner keeps its
books and makes its income tax returns on a calendar year accrual basis. For the
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(a) The "automobile exception" to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement
established in Carroll v. United States, 267 U.S. 132, applies to searches of
vehicles that are supported by probable cause to believe that the vehicle
contains contraband. In this class of cases, a search is not unreasonable if based
on objective ...